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Time for a Change
I hope everyone had a good Christmas – ours was pretty peaceful and relaxing which was rather nice, giving me lots of opportunity to reflect and make plans which I always like to do. I don’t really go in for making new year’s resolutions, though some major de-cluttering will be on the agenda for this [...]
Mealtime Masterpieces
Everyone knows that kids love playing with their food, so why shouldn’t mealtimes be an opportunity to get creative? It can be difficult at the best of times to get kids to sit still at the table for any length of time, and anything which encourages them to take an interest in their food can [...]
Expanding….
No, I’m not referring to my waistline….(though a little more exercise and less cake would probably not go amiss). I’ve been considering for a while adding a few new products to the Artful Kids range – products which support the whole concept of both creating artwork with kids, and of celebrating and showcasing their artwork. [...]
(Lack of) Progress Report…
In view of the extended silence on here I thought I’d better post something to let everyone know that I am in fact still alive and kicking despite all appearances to the contrary, and have not in fact got bored with the site and wandered off to do something else. The replacement computer which was [...]
Aaagh!
My computer died last night, and despite all efforts, it seems that I can only do the most basic of bogging on my iPad. My planned post will now have to be postponed until the computer is either repaired (unlikely) or replaced, as I can’t get the photos from my camera onto the iPad to [...]
Competition Result
We had some fantastic entries for the Fly Thomas Cook Paint by Numbers competition, a real variety of imaginative approaches were used, from glass painting and glitter, to cotton wool and even pipe cleaners. With such variety and imagination it was quite difficult to pick a winner, but I can now announce that the winning [...]
Competition Results
I can now, somewhat belatedly, announce the winner of the competition I held over Christmas for the most popular picture added to the Artful Kids Flickr Group over the first 12 months of it’s existence, as voted for by readers. And the winner is: Drum roll….opens gold envelope: Hotdogandme whose daughter created this Christmas picture [...]
Invitation to View….
Following on from my last post, I have put together an exhibition or Gallery of Icy Artwork on Flickr to provide further inspiration, and readers of Artful Adventures are exclusively invited to a ‘private’ view for it’s official opening. There are some wonderful creations out there which people all over the world have created, so [...]
Five Minutes of Fame
It might even be less than that! This is just a brief post to inform those who are remotely interested to learn that the episode of Mr Maker Comes to Town which guest stars my elder son is being shown this week on CBeebies at 4pm on Thursday 4th November. I don’t think it’s a [...]
New Products
It’s been a while since I last added some new products to the Artful Kids repertoire, but I have recently uploaded some more framed watercolour prints to my NotontheHighStreet shop, depicting a Mermaid and a Pirate. They are the latest additions to a ‘series’ of 6, the others being a Flower Fairy, a colourful Knight, [...]
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